The Alternative Factors.

Alternate realties, alternate universes, and alternate timelines essentially share the same family tree if you will. The point where the tree trunk meets the ground is the Big Bang; the focal point for every conceivable timeline. As the tree grows, limbs sprout off in every direction, branches sprout from those limbs, twigs sprout from those branches and so on and so forth. Most of the realities that we have seen on Star Trek are universally similar; the laws of physics, historical figures and events, significant locations and most importantly, the main cast of characters.

On May 8th 2009, the eleventh Star Trek feature film boldly went where no Trek had gone before: rebooting and reimagining the franchise under the aegis of J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Productions. The film paid homage to the previous Star Trek continuity via a time-travel plot that ultimately created a new timeline; now only loosely connected to the prime universe. Whether it is called NuTrek or the JJ-verse, the Star Trek film continuity from 2009 is its own timeline. But the question remains: At what point did the timeline diverge from the original?

Chapters

Welcome to Standard Orbit (00:01:21)
The A to Z of Alternate Realities (00:02:37)
Defining the Terms of Temporal Engagements (00:07:58)
The Primey Wimey Timeline (00:14:51)
NARADA … and not Narendra (00:25:55)
Tiberius? You kidding me? (00:33:40)
The Specifics of Indirection (00:40:20)
There Are Always … Possibilities (00:46:43)
The NX-01 is the KEY to Time! (00:51:56)
Subspace Signals (01:01:39)
Our Final Thoughts and Thank You (01:04:44)

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